African American Studies
"One of the little known facts of history is that the University of Montana was among the earliest institutions in the United States to create a Black Studies Program."
Tunde Adeleke, Ph. D.
Previous Director of African American Studies
Link to: African American Studies Website
- African-American Studies at The University of Montana offers a broad historical link of African and African-American (including Latin America and the Caribbean) experiences and perspectives into the 21st century.
- The goal of the African-American Studies curriculum is to develop a basic knowledge of, and appreciation for, the diverse experiences of the African diaspora, and their contributions to the nations into which they were incorporated.
- The interdisciplinary curriculum of African-American Studies includes course offerings from the following academic disciplines: anthropology, history, fine and performing arts, economics, geography, international studies, political science, Native American studies, Asian studies, psychology, and sociology.
- Some topics of study include: African heritage and cultural continuity among African-Americans; African-American identity issues and cultural variation; the history of African-American protest and resistance, including the abolitionist, anti-lynching, and civil rights movements; the Harlem Renaissance; the social dynamics of integration and segregation; and the various circumstances of, and prospects for, African-Americans in the 21st century.
